“A realistic recognition of the human condition is that it is corrupt beyond belief. What do you suppose would happen if the police all took a week off?” IfsHumansHappensHumanityBeliefWeekConditionsBuddhismPoliceRecognitionRealisticHuman Condition Author:Frederick Lenz
“Spiritual people are often persecuted because of their beliefs. Christians were fed to the lions. Jews were slaughtered in concentration camps. Various forms of persecution still exist today throughout the world.” PeopleWorldStillsTodayChristianSpiritualFormHumanityBeliefBuddhismJewVariousConcentrationFedsLionsCampsPersecutionPersecutedConcentration Camp Author:Frederick Lenz
“Stress is a state of mind and if you realize that you will find that it's something you can deal with. It is my belief that stress occurs not because of the conditions of the world.” IfsWorldMindStatesBeliefRealizingDealsMeditationConditionsBuddhismStressState Of Mind Author:Frederick Lenz
“There are certainly beliefs in traditional Buddhism that conflict with basic principles of scientific understanding, .. We can't make sense of those beliefs in any kind of scientific framework.” KindBeliefUnderstandingPrinciplesBuddhismConflictTraditionalMake SenseFrameworkBasic Principles Author:Richard Davidson
“Belief in heaven and hell is a big deal in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and some forms of doctrinaire Buddhism. For the rest of us it's simply meaningless. We don't live in order to die, we live in order to live.” BigsFormOrderDiesBeliefHeavenDealsChristianityHellBuddhismIslamMeaninglessJudaismBig DealHeaven And HellChristianity And Islam Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“Some people harbor the idea or belief that all teachers should teach for free. Obviously these people have never been teachers, particularly in the twentieth century. Teaching meditation is a very expensive hobby.” PeopleShouldIdeasBeliefTeachTeacherMeditationTeachingCenturyBuddhismExpensiveHobbiesTwentieth CenturyHarborsRama Author:Frederick Lenz
“All I can say is that these cult stories are totally untrue, are without any foundation, and trade on a deep bias against Westerners who dare to embrace an Eastern belief-system.” I CanStoriesBeliefBuddhismFoundationTradeEmbraceDareBiasCultEasternRamaUntrueBelief SystemsWesterners Author:Frederick Lenz
“The claim of the Zen followers that they are transmitting the essence of Buddhism is based on their belief that Zen takes hold of the enlivening spirit of the Buddha, stripped of all its historical and doctrinal garments.” SpiritBeliefBuddhismEssenceClaimsHistoricalFollowersGarments Book:Essays in Zen Buddhism Source: Essays in Zen Buddhism
“They have their belief, these poor Tibet people, that Providence sends down always an Incarnation of Himself into every generation. At bottom some belief in a kind of Pope! At bottom still better, a belief that there is a Greatest Man; that he is discoverable; that, once discovered, we ought to treat him with an obedience which knows no bounds. This is the truth of Grand Lamaism; the "discoverability" is the only error here.” PeopleKnowsMenKindStillsBeliefPoorGenerationsBuddhismOughtTreatsErrorsBottomBoundsObedienceProvidencePopeIncarnationTibetGreatest Man Author:Thomas Carlyle
“The Dalai Lama once said that 'If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change!' This is a great thought! And great thoughts belong to great men only!” IfsMenSaidScienceBeliefChangeBuddhismProveGreat MenLamaDalai Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Hinduism, Confucianism, and Buddhism are huge traditions of enormous importance, and they aren't monotheistic. Again, this reflects the fact that our preconceptions about what religion is are so influenced by Protestantism - either real Protestantism or the secularized Protestantism that dominates our culture - and its assumption that beliefs are the most important thing.” ImportantRealFactsCultureBeliefHugeBuddhismTraditionImportanceImportant ThingsEnormousAssumptionHinduismPreconceptionsConfucianismProtestantism Author:Robert Neelly Bellah
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.” BelieveBookWisdomFoundBeliefReligiousTeacherWrittenHeardBuddhismWords Of WisdomAuthorityEnlightenmentAtheistBuddhistEnlightenedEldersRumorSpoken WordKnowledge WisdomSiddharthaTrust No OneWise BuddhistPower Of BeliefReal BuddhistInspirational BuddhistDon't Trust AnyoneNever Trust AnyoneAccepting ThingsQuestioning EverythingReligious BooksPineal Gland Author:Gautama Buddha